Inducing and probing non-thermal transitions in semiconductors using femtosecond laser pulses

Nature Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 217-224

  Sundaram, S K ^a,b   Mazur, E ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER PULSES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

THERMALIZATION;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

ELECTRON; LASER; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ELECTRONS; LASERS; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 0036979673     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat767     Document Type: Review

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